Battle of Gaines' Mill

“The most terrific fire I ever witnessed, except at Gettysburg.” Col. Eppa Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry

“It was one continued roar of cannons & musketry you could not hear yourself think. Such desperate fighting never graced the pages of history.” David ...

Borden's Towne

Settled 1682

Following the Continental Army's retreat across the Delaware River in December 1776, 2,000 Hessian and Scots troops commanded by Colonel Kurt vonDonop occupied this towne.

A small band of Americans under Colonel Samuel Griffin lured these troops toward Mt. Holly ...

Phoebus - The Gateway To The New World

This quaint waterfront community traces its origin back to April 30th 1607. It was here that the first English-speaking Colonists set foot in the New World and called this "safe harbor" Cape Comfort.

It began as a settlement for defenders and ...

Hubbard Park

Hubbard Park

Hubbard Park was a gift to the City of Meriden from industrialist and philanthropist Walter Hubbard in 1901. Consulting with landscape architect John Olmstead, son of Frederick law Olmstead, designer of New York's Central Park, Mr. Hubbard relied heavily ...

Danbury Area Korean War Memorial

Korean War

1950 – 1953

to those who died

Honor and Eternal Rest

to those still missing

Rememberance and Hope

to those who returned

Gratitude and Peace

[Inscribed on the left panel]

Danbury

Richard Q. Braman PFC USMC KIA ...

The British Evacuation

The American capture of Fort Watson on the Santee River on April 23,1781,cut the supply line from Charleston to Camden. Lord Rawdon, commander of the British garrison, admitted that he was"completely dependent...for subsistence, for military stores, for horses, for arms" ...

Phoebus

Settled as Mill Creek and Strawberry Banks by English Colonists, the Town of Phoebus was "Roseland Farm" until 1871 when it was divided into lots and became known as Chesapeake City. When the town was incorporated in 1900, it was ...

North Fork of the San Gabriel River

The North Fork of the San Gabriel River, part of the Brazos River system, flows east across Williamson County to join with the Middle and South forks at Georgetown. Abundant fish and wildlife attracted numerous Indian tribes to the areas ...

The Battle Of The Hanging Rock

Here was fought the Battle

of the Hanging Rock

August 6, 1780

About 600 Militia

of the Carolinas under

Colonel Thomas Sumter

destroyed the British Camp

and killed and wounded over

200 of the British Troops

under Major John Carden ...

Robert C. Ruark

1915–1965, columnist and author. “The Old Man and the Boy,” were youthful rememberances of his material grandfather, Captain Edward Atkins, in this house.

Marker is at the intersection of N. Lord Street and W. Nash Street, on the right when traveling ...